Riva Palacio is one of the 67

municipalities of Chihuahua Chihuahua is a state in Northwest Mexico that is divided into 67 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, Chihuahua is the 12th most populous state with inhabitants and the largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Chihuah ...

, in northern

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. The municipal seat lies at San Andrés. Riva Palacio has an area of 808.97 km². As of 2010, it had a of 8,012, up from 7,811 as of 2005. The municipality had 155 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000. The municipality's name is in honour of

Vicente Riva Palacio Vicente Florencio Carlos Riva Palacio Guerrero better known as Vicente Riva Palacio (16 October 1832 in Mexico City – 22 November 1896 in Madrid) was a Mexican liberal politician, novelist, journalist, intellectual, historian, and militar ...

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